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Thursday, June 09, 2005
More preschoolers going online - eSchool News
Before they can even read, nearly one out of every four children in preschool is learning a skill that even some adults have yet to master: using the internet. Some 23 percent of children in nursery school--kids ages 3, 4, or 5--have gone online, according to an Education Department (ED) report. By kindergarten, 32 percent have used the internet, typically under adult supervision. The numbers underscore a trend in which the largest group of new users of the internet are kids ages 2 to 5. These figures have important implications for school systems, which must adjust their methods of instruction to accommodate an increasingly tech-savvy generation of new students, experts say.
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